SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2010 – BANGALORE – JNCASR

SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2010 – BANGALORE – JNCASR
SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2010 – BANGALORE – JNCASR

Introduction: The Centre offers summer fellowships for two months to bright undergraduate and MSc students (renewable for a second year for selected students). This programme has proved to be popular and competitive; each year, about 5000 students from all over India apply for the 120 fellowships awarded. Fifty fellowships are supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, fifteen by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, and the rest by the Centre. Students are placed with research groups at the Centre or with scientists else where in India.

They are paid travel expenses and a monthly stipend of Rs. 5000. Selected students get the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research, and several summer projects have led to publications in leading journals. A random sample of projects pursued in past years is: Preparation of La0.5Sr0.5Co03 by Sol-Gel spin coating method; Study of correlated response to selection on faster development and early reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster; A study of the chaotic nature of flow in the neighborhood of vortices; Statistical analysis of fatal mining accidents in eight companies of Coal India Ltd. Many of the summer students of past years have gone on to pursue graduate studies and a research career, at the JNCASR or at another leading university.
Research Areas: Life Sciences: Infectious and non-infectious diseases, bioinformatics, developmental biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, life-history evolution, immunology, circadian biology, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, evolutionary genetics, experimental evolution, chronobiology, behavior. Material Sciences: Including Nano Sciences, energy and green materials. Chemical Sciences: Solid state chemistry, theoretical/computational chemistry, inorganic, physical, organic chemistry. Physical Sciences:Condensed matter theory and experiment, statistical physics, semiconductor materials physics, biophysics, nano physics, polymer physics, organic electronics, computational material science, soft matter. Engineering Sciences:Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics, flow of complex fluids, granular media, experimental fluid mechanics, thermal science, chemical engineering and physical metallurgy, non-linear dynamics including planetary dynamics. Mathematics: Fundamental Groups, Simplicial Homology and Triangulations.Atmospheric Sciences:Atmospheric boundary layer, near-surface environment, radiation, solar-terrestrial relations, monsoon dynamics, modelling.

Eligibility: Academic requirements: * Students who have secured not less than 80% (science and maths subjects only) in their 10th , 12th(10 +2) and not less than first class in graduation and post graduation(if applicable). Only students presently studying in I and II year of B.Sc., I, II and III year of B.E / B.Tech. / B.V.Sc./ MBBS / B.Pharm., I year of M.Sc. and I – IV year of Integrated M.Sc with the above mentioned academic requirements should apply.

Registration: The students selected under this programme are placed with scientists at the Centre or elsewhere in India, for 2 months with a stipend of Rs. 5000 /- p.m and travel support as per Govt. of India norms.

Application Procedure: Detailed information and application forms can be downloaded from http://www.jncasr.ac.in/srfp.php or may be obtained by writing to the address mentioned below with a self-addressed envelope of 16×25 cms with stamp of Rs. 10/-

Contact:
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,
Jakkur, Bangalore-560 064, India

Email: academic(AT)jncasr.ac.in

Contact Numbers: 91-80-22082900 / Fax: 91-80-22082766.

Source: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/srfp.php